Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 27, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta has been named the 2023 MLS MVP, the league said Monday. Acosta, 29, received 60.37% of the vote among players, media and technical staff
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Nov 27, 2023, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The last time Manchester City hosted RB Leipzig is not a night Joško Gvardiol remembers with great fondness. The Croatia international was then part of a Leipzig defence torn to shreds by City’s attack as Erling Haaland plundered five goals in a 7-0 rout in the
Graham Hunter, Spain writerNov 27, 2023, 01:29 PM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions I accept that many of you won’t have either seen Terry Venables at his impish, clever best as a midfielder at Spurs and
Nov 27, 2023, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions And then there were four. The 2023 Major League Soccer playoffs have whittled us down to the four teams doing battle in the conference finals: Columbus Crew will face “Hell is Real” rivals FC Cincinnati in the East, while LAFC will do battle with the Houston
Open Extended Reactions Arsenal are eyeing up a reshuffle of their midfield in January with Aston Villa‘s Douglas Luiz a leading target and the future of Thomas Partey uncertain, sources have told ESPN. Arsenal had three bids for Luiz rejected in September 2022 — the final offer totalling around £25 million ($31.6m) — and the
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 27, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said Alejandro Garnacho has been watching “too many Cristiano Ronaldo videos” after the teenager’s stunning overhead kick against Everton on Sunday. Garnacho, 19, scored with an acrobatic bicycle kick in the 3-0 win at Goodison Park and marked it
Sophie Lawson Nov 27, 2023, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea forward Lauren James has been in fine form. Tom Dulat/Getty Images In the last weekend of domestic football before the final international window of the year, Women’s Super League teams showed just how much work still needs to be done between the top four
Juventus and Inter Milan’s top-of-the-table Serie A encounter ended in a 1-1 draw after the visitors’ Lautaro Martinez cancelled out Dusan Vlahovic‘s goal in Turin on Sunday. In the 27th minute, Vlahovic broke the deadlock for Juve, receiving a pass inside the box from Federico Chiesa and calmly slotting it into the bottom corner. – Stream
SEATTLE — Denis Bouanga scored his fourth goal of the MLS Cup playoffs in the 30th minute, goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau made seven saves, and defending champion Los Angeles FC advanced to the Western Conference final with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night. Bouanga got one chance at goal and didn’t miss,
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 26, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOODISON PARK, England — If this is the beginning of Manchester United turning a corner, Erik ten Hag can thank two teenagers for grabbing the steering wheel. Playing an in-form Everton at Goodison Park, which at times felt like a bear pit given the